Contact Information:

Julie M. Estis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

University of South Alabama

Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology

2000 UCOM

Mobile, AL 36688

251.380.2600

jestis@usouthal.edu

 

Education:                                                              
Ph.D., Communication Sciences and Disorders                              

          University of South Alabama, July 2004
M.S., Speech-Language Pathology
          University of South Alabama, May 2001
B.S., Speech and Hearing Sciences
          University of South Alabama, May 1999

Courses:

  • SHS 291- Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • SHS 452- Introduction to Voice and Fluency Disorders     
  • SLP 533-  Pediatric Language Disorders: Birth to Five
  • SLP 551- Voice and Resonance Disorders
  • SLP 568- Dysphagia
  • AUD 655- Speech Language Pathology for Audiologists
  • SLP 596- Clinical Practicum
  • SLP 599- Thesis
  • Various Ph.D. seminars and directed studies

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Estis, J., Coblentz, J., and Moore, R. (in press). Effects of Increasing Time Delays

             on Pitch Matching Accuracy in Trained Singers and Untrained Individuals. 

             Journal of Voice.

 

Moore, R., Estis, J., Hickey, S., & Watts, C. (in press). Pitch Matching and Pitch   

             Discrimination Abilities with Vocal and Non-vocal Stimuli. Journal of Voice.

 

Moore, R, Estis, J., Zhang, F., Watts, C., & Marble, E. (2007). Relationship of Pitch Matching, Pitch Discrimination, and Otoacsoutic Emission Suppression. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 104, pp.  777-784.

 

Watts, C., Barnes-Burroughs, K., Estis, J., & Blanton, D. (2006). The singing power ratio as an objective measure of singing voice quality in talented and non-talented singers.  Journal of Voice, 20 (1), pp. 82-88.

 

Beverly, B. L., & Estis, J. M. (2003). Fast mapping deficits during disambiguation in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 27(3), pp. 162-169.

 

Selected Presentations

 

*Estis, J. M., & Beverly, B. L. (November 2007). Children with SLI exhibit delays & differences resolving ambiguous reference. Technical session presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

 

*Estis, J.M, Parisi, J. A., Moore, R. E., & Brungart, D. S. (November 2007). Speech intelligibility in military communication headsets: Effect of microphone type. Poster session presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

 

*Coblentz, J., Estis, J. M., & Moore, R. E. (November 2007). Pitch-matching with increasing time delays in trained and untrained individuals. Technical session presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

 

Beverly, B. L., & Estis, J. M. (2007). Evidence-based practices for pediatric language intervention: Improving content and form. Mini-seminar at the annual convention of the Speech and Hearing Association of Alabama, Mobile, AL.

 

*Hickey, S.G., Moore, R. E., Estis, J. M., & Watts, C.W. (2006).  Pitch Matching with Vocal and Tonal Stimuli. Technical session presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association National Convention, Miami, FL.

 

Hickey, S.G., Moore, R. E., & Estis, J. M. (2006).  Pitch Matching with Vocal and Tonal Stimuli. Poster presented at the University of South Alabama Research Symposium, Mobile, AL.

 

*Moore, R, Estis, J., Zhang, F., Watts, C., & Marble, E. (2005). Relationship of

            Pitch Matching, Pitch Discrimination, and Otoacsoutic Emission 

           Suppression. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language and

           Hearing Association National Convention, San Diego, CA.

 

*Estis, J. M., & Beverly, B. L. (2005) Disambiguation in children with SLI: Age and word effects. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

 

Beverly, B. L., & Estis, J. M. (2002, December). Word learning in language-impaired children. Presentation to the Bay Area Speech and Hearing Association, Mobile, AL.

 

*Beverly, B. L., & Estis, J. M. (2002, July). The disambiguation effect and fast mapping: Children with SLI differ from age-matched and language-matched peers. Poster presented at the Joint Conference of the IX International Congress for the Study of Child Language Development and the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

 

*Beverly, B. L., & Estis, J. M. (2002, March). Word learning in language-impaired

             children: Factors, assessment, and intervention. Miniseminar presented at

             Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders, Memphis, TN.

 

Estis, J. M., & Beverly, B. L. (2001, April). Object reference and phonological similarity in preschoolers with specific language impairment. Poster presented at the University of South Alabama Research Symposium, Mobile, AL.

 

* Peer-reviewed presentations

 

Links:

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USA Speech Pathology and Audiology Home Page

               

 

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Courses for Fall 2008:

SLP: 551: Voice and Resonance Disorders

 

SHS 452: Introduction to Voice and Fluency Disorders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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2000 UCOM,  Mobile, AL 36688
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